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Missing from Roothhax.

BooTHBAY, Sept. 23.-Mr. Frank Knight.
a promising young farmer of Boothbay, of
about 30 years, on Wednesday, the 14th inst,
went fishing off the White Islands, near
Boothbay, in his dory. A friend, going out
in his vessel, gave him tow and left him as
above. He ought to have returned on Thurs
day, but up to this hour no intelligence of
him or the dory has been received. 1t is
feared he fell out of his craft and drowned
and that some vessel has picked up the dory,
not suspecting where it belongs. His wife
and little ones have the sympathy of the
community, for there is small hope of his
return.
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Bond Sales

The aggregate amount of the bonds pur-
chased by the Treasury today was 81, 1886, $50,
Of which $1,044,00o were fours and $791, $50
four and one-half per cent bonds.
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Notes.

Lynch will umpire again today.
III the Portlands win today. a series Of
games will probably be arranged between
the two clubs, two TO be played In Portland,
tral grounds.
Small was called from the players bench
yesterday by Umpire Lynch and presented
with handsome bouquet.
Sulliyan's injury will retire him for the
season.
President Nimmick, Of the Pitttsburg
team, returned to Pittsburg yesterday.
While in Chicago he offered Spalding SIS, 600
for Anson. Yesterday afternoon Spalding
replied by telegraph, Put 1t In writing. D
This was Immediately done. and the man
captain today.
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The National League.

The following games were played In the
National League yesterday:
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Correspondence Of the PREss.l

BATH, Sept. %.
The waterworks are now completed,
found satisfactory and have been accepted
by the city. The water is excellent and two
hundred applications have been made for the
water by residents. A gang Of men are now
at work putting the water into the houses.
The watering troaghs and drinking foun-
talns combined are novelty, and placed in
different parts Of the city prove very con
yenient. At first they were thought too
high, but they are now liked. 1t is perhaps
worthy Of mention that Bath never had be-
fore public watering place.
At the fire last Saturday night the new
waterworks proved Of inestimable value and
undoubtably saved large conhagration.
Merchants report good fall trade, and
there Is revival in branches of business.
The Portland daily press., 1887-09-24

CHOLERA ON BOARD.
A Steamer with 600 Passengers In
Quarantine.

New YORK, Sept 23.-Steamship Alesia
which arrived in New York last night from
MarseiHes and Naples with 600 passsn
gers, has Asiatic cholera aboard. Eight Of
her passengers died on the passage. and on
her arrival at quarantine the health officer
found four cases on board He has sent the
Alesia and passengers to West Bank in the
lower bay
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II Was Considered ProvocatIon
Enough.
Ellsworth Americana


The friends and relatives of Guptill A.
Hoyt, formerly of Gouldsboro, were panied
to learn that he was shot dead in the town of
Titusville, Fla, about the Goth of August. A
Mr.. Cook. Hoyt's nearest neighbor. came
into Hoyt's workshop and ordered him to
"stop that ID piano at your house," etc.
Hoyt gave evasive replies, and without
scarcely any provocation on the part of Hoyt,
Cook drew pistol and fired, with the result
above stated.
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First Maine Cavalry.

Members of the First Maine Cavalry AS
sociation have been notified that the annual
reun ion will be held at Bangor on Tuesday,
October T. The history Of the regiment, 1855
pages Of reading and 90 pages OF illustra-
tiOns, will be ready for delivery at the reun-
ion. Price SO. 1t will only be sold to mem
comrades.
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sTANLEY'S EXPEDITION.
The Latest News Received from the
African Explorer.

LONDON, Sept. 23.-Henry M. Stanley
writes to London under date of June 23d,
from his camp in Africa, saying that five
hundred slave traders at Yarnkombe, half Of
whom were under the command Of Chief
Said Habbub, refused allegiance to Tippo
lib. whose own people, however, warmly
welcomed him and paid ready obedience.
Tippo Tib was reluctant to fight his old
friends and asked for small force of Congo
State troops to uphold his authority as gov
ern0r.
Mr.. Stanley was confident that Tippoo Tib
would prove himself worthy of the trust re-
posed in him. The explorer concludes as
follows: ''As soon as fuel has been obtained
the steamer will start and the last chance of
months will be gone"
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He Named Him Billy Malone and
ProfIted Thereby.

Mr.. Charles L. Williams, who named his
infant son after General VIII liam Malone
of Petersburg, Va, United States Senator, a
former ueighbor, received an elegant silver
cup yesterday from Gen. Malone. The cup
is Of very handsome design and is much APP
preciated by the family.
The Portland daily press., 1887-09-24
Mrs. Parsons In Trouble.

wife of the condemned anarchist has been
arrested and locked up for circulating the
address written by her.husband to tho Amer
ican people.
Mrs. Parsons was subsequently released
on $50 bail furnished by the editor Of the
Arbiter Zeitung
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be dying. 1t is believed that this duel is on
ly the beginning OF a series almost certain to
Of the late empire and the leading Liberal
chiefs. 1t was rumored that the President
had prevented a duel coming off between
Rocha and Arce, governor Of the State of
Guerrero, growing out of the same matter.
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After Long Service.

Maj. G. G. SIMPSON of Illinois, for % years
clerk in the Office of the Secretary of the
Senate, and latterly officiating as the official
messenger of that body to the House ofRep-
resentatives. died suddenly today of apo
pleXy
The Portland daily press., 1887-09-24
Arabs Resisting Tippoo Tib.

New YORK, Sept. 23.-The London cor
respondent of the Herald says: "From a
trustworthy source l learn that bad news
must have been received from Stanley Falls
the Free State outpost captured by the Arabs
ten months ago. Major Barteolett, who was
detached from Stanley's expedition to install
Iippoo lib at the Falls as the representa-
tive Of the Free State, found the Arabs ter
ribly uproarious. They had been for ten
months slave raiding and committing horri-
BILE atrocities, and they stubbornly refused to
recognize the authority of the Free State,
even in the person of Tippoo Tib. Serious
events are expected in competent circles.
Astonishment is expressed that the Free
State agents did not long ago forewarn the
Brussels administration of the probability
OF Arab resistance to the Tippoo Tib ar
rangement."
A State 81 Anarchy
BRUssELs, Sept. 23.-Adyices received
from the Congo Free State show that an
archy prevails at Stanley Falls.
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:Earthouake ar santIaoo

HAVANA, Sept. 23.-A severe shock Of
earthquake in Santiago took place today,
the vibrations lasting half a minute. An
hour later two other shocks occurred OF less
Intensity. Two persons were injured and
some houses damagdd. The shocks were
also felt In Jamaica.
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Grover, Cleveland and Frances,

HARRISBURG. Pa, Sept. 23.-Some time
ago Mrs. John Hostetter, of Perry county,
gave birth to triplets, two boys and a girl
The parents decided to call them Grover.
ten to the President, to which he replied in
q happy vein
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THE WEATHER.
WASHINGTON. Sent. "a

WASHINGTON. Sept. "a.
The indications for New England are
colder, fair weather, fresh to brisk north
westerly winds becoming light to fresh varia-
BILE and warmer during Sunday.
LOCAL WEATHER REPORT.
PORTLAND, Me- Sept. %, 1887.
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MAINE.

E.P. JONES. Pvt S. O.. U. S. A
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STANDING OF THE NATIONAL LEAGUE.

Base hits-Chieagos. Is; Bostons, 7. Errors
Chicagos, 3; Bost0ns, A. Earned runs-ChieagOs,
ai Bostons, 2. Batteries-Van Haltren and BAR
ling Madden and Kelly.
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was called at the finish of the seventh on
account of darknaSs

DAWN led the batting for the Portlands,
making three hits, and one Of them pretty
triple. Duffey's triple was also a good hif.
The latter player made stop Of a ball of
Lufbery's bat in the fourth that seemed sure
for hit and Andrus spoiled q hit for Hart
nett In the third by a fine running catch.
Ihere was large crowd in attendance and
so much useless kicking and the presence Of
an umpire they could put some dependence
in had a good effect on them. Lynch was
firm and decided In his manner towards the
players and kept them down to their busi-
ness, thing that would have made the
game a pleasant one to witness IL there
hadn't been so many bad errors. The
score:
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A Promising Stallion Dead.
A Modern Rose standlsh.

AUGUSTA, Sept 23.--A letter from the
proprietor of the Ocean View House, Rye
Beach. N. H., says that Lizzie Franklin, the
mysterious demented woman at the Augusta
poor house, worked there this summer and
was paid $50. She went from there TO
Portsmouth, n H.
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Other canes.

The Freeports defeated the Bowdoinhams
at Brunswick, Thursday, by score Of IS to
IA.
At Baltimore-Baltimores Is; Metropoll-
tans, z.
At Brooklyn-Athletics, 10; Brooklyns, g.
The Portland daily press., 1887-09-24

J. IL. Abott, Of Hayerhill, Mass. shot and
killed his daughter, Mrs. Marie 4. Cum
mings, last evening and then killed himself.
Abbott has been drinking hard.
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PoRTLANDs.

Earned runs-Portlands. 4; LOwells, I. Two
base hits-Thayer. Galligan, Schoeneek, Cud-
worth. Three base hits-Dayin, Duffey. First
Hartnett, Kennedy, First base on Illegal deliy-
ery5Hlggins: Hit by pitched ball-Dckerson,
Hatfield, ID. Burns. First base on errors-Port-
lands 2; Lowells, 2. Struck out-Galllgan,
Schoeneek ~, ID. Burns, Hartnett Duffey, Hig-
gins, II. Burns (2). Wild pitches-Burns. 8.
Passed balls-Thayer, 3; Sullivan, 2; Murphy, /.
Left on bases-P0rtlands. a; Lowells, 8. Um-
pirc-Iynch Time-2 hours 26 minntes
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THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
Secretary Whitney Wakes Eloquent
Over ZaiinskI's Dynamite Gun.

WASHINGTON, Sept 23.-Secretary Whit
ney is pleased with the result of the dyna-
mite gun experiment. He said today: ''The
experiment was most successful; seeing is
believing, and wished to see something ac-
tually done. l have been incredulous, but 1
confess that was greatly impressed with
the power of the explosion. The vessel was
lifted up bodily, and then went out of sight
instantly. The resistance of that target was
evidently no measure of the power of the
projeetile. 1t demonstrated this, that they
can lodge dynamite in destructive quantities
mile and quarter off with considerable
accuracy, and it is thus matter of detail
merely TO increase the range of the gun and
the quantity of the explosive so as to render
it capable of destroying the strongest iron
clads.. 1t avoids the present contest between
torpedoes and machine guns. The method
now employed for using high explosives is
in torpedoes. Topedoes are met with ma
chine guns and steel nettings placed about
ships. but this pneumatic gun is new
method Of attack Taking its range and the
line of fight of the projectile. it is difficult to
say how 1t can be met For coast defence
It seems to be the most important one yet
invented. have steadily insisted upon the
idea that the company should have an op-
portunity to show what it could do, and /
am gratihed that this American invention
has not had to go abroad for its first encour-
agement 1t has had it from the navy de-
partment. 1t usefulness on ships is vet to
be established, but the Importance generally
In naval warfare as an arm cannot be over
estimated"
Maine Postmasters.
The following Maine postmasters were
appointed today:
Moses Richardson, Maple, Piscataquis county
vice j. Il. Turner. deceased.
Mrs. Lizzie NJ Noyes, West Gloucester, Cum
berland county, vice Samuel Kendrick removed.
Mexico and Guatemala.
There is good deal of uneasiness in polt-
ical circles in Mexico regarding the rumored
attempt of Guatemala to secure the support
of the United States government as against
M 1t is felt that such step would do
much to disturb the pleasant relations exist
ing between Mexico and the United States,
which at present are inducing heavy invest
ments of American capital there. The case
against Guatemala is this: Insults have
been offered to members of the Mexican Le-
CATION there, which, it is said, have not been
properly atoned for, and while the Mexican
government is not acting Extensively toward
Guatemala, it Is demanding just compensa-
ton for the assaults on officials of the Lega-
tion.
Bond Sales.
The aggregate amount of the bonds pur-
chased by the Treasury today was 81 ,s35, $50.
Of which $1,044,00o were fours and $791 $50
four and one-half per cent bonds.
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BANGOR, Sept. 23.-The Whig learns that
the store of G. Haskell, of Lee, was broken
into Wednesday night and jewelrJ and other
goods and small amount of money taken.
The burglars were tracked to Lincoln where
It is supposed they took the train for Ban
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Mean daily bar. 9.S6 Maximum ther r...57.O
Mean daily ther. 400 Minimum ther. APO
Mean daily d'wpt35.7 Max. vel. wind. .1bNW
Mean daily hum. GOO Total precip....... o
METEOROLOGICAL REPORT.
tSept. %, 1887, 1000 P.M)
Observations taken at the same moment of time
of oil sta
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An Associated Press despatch gives Mr..
Stevens figures, which agree with those OF
the PRESS except in the cases Of the Man
chesters and Lynns. The Manchesters are
a percentage Of .544. The Lynns are given
40 won, 63 lost and 1888 per cent. The de-
spatch says: There is protested Lowell
Manchester game yet to be acted upon by the
league, 1t being that Of May 10th, when
Manchester played Shelter, who it was
claimed, was an illegal player, not having
been released from Portlands reserve list Of
last year.
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THE MAINE STATE PRESS,

Published every THURSDAY MORNING, at $2.bO
year; II paid In advance, $500 year.
4 Advertisements inserted in the "MAINE STATE
Press" (which has a large circulation in every
sertion, and so cents per square for each subse-
Quent insertion.
Address ali communications 70
PORTLAND PUBLISHING co.
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The Boston papers have been deyoting
considerable space for day or two in dis
cussing whether or not the Lowells haven't
already won the pennant. The Herald made
blunder and the Globe followed suit. Now
the Herald says 1t isn't so sure but will look
1t up, and the Globe has been to see Secre-
tary Stevens about ii. The league secretary
Is also In doubt and will give the official
standing in the Herald today. The standing
published in the PRESS this morning Is cor
rect. The Portlands have played Just 100
games; have won 81 and lost SO, and their
percentage Is $40. The Lowells have also
played 100 games; have won 6S and lost 80,
and their percentage Is $50. IL the Port
lands wiz today the percentage Of both clubs
will be .671.
The Boston papers have blundered all
along on the standing, as well as everything
else relating to the New England League.
In the Sunday Herald the standing Is given
for Portland as GA games won and 81 lost. In
Tuesdays Herald, the next time the stand
ing was published, the Portands are cred
tied with 63 games won and 80 lost, although
In the meantime they had played two games
with Manchester and won them both. The
standing in the Sunday Herald should have
been 63 won and 81 lost. Since then they
have won two games from Manchester and
one each from Salem and Lowell, and lost
one to Lowell, making 81 won and 80 lost.
This Is the way the "official organ" will
have 10 today, IL 1t has il right:
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THE PORTLAND DAILY PRESS,
Published every day (sundays excepted) by the
PORTLAND PUBLISHING COMPANY,

AT . ExohAsi' STREET, PORTLAND. ME-.
TERMS Eight Dollars a Year. To mail sub
scr1bers. Seven Dollars Year. If paid in advance.
RATES OF ADyERrIsING-0ne inch OF space
the length OF column, or twelve lines nOnpdriei
constitutes square,
St.50 per square, daily, first week; 75 cents per
week after; three insertions or less, 81 90, con-
unuing every other day after first week, 30 cents
Half square, three Insertions or less, 75 cents; T;
one week, $l.O0; so cents per week after.
SPECIAL NOTICES, one-third additional.
SALES" $500 per square per week. three inser-
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-08-10

this challenge, sir, or violated the Code, or
misspelled any words, will you please have
1t corrected before you send it to the printer
ask this favor of you in all sincerity and
in as courteous a mannerias,possible. hop
ing that you Will grant it promptly aud
that you will lose no opportunity to do all
the good you can during the next few
DAYS.
l have arranged all my earthly affairs
with the exception of paying my poll-tax.
have turned off the gas-meter aud am
prepared for any accident, though the
police have promised to come in and arrest
us at any time we may agree upon.
In closing, sir, allow me to express the
hope that you will surely be at the duel,
and that you Will bring your dinner.
My second will offer you the choice of
weapons, with an opportunity of retraction.
IL you enter into life and its enloyments
with real zest, would advise you to avail
yourself of the opportunity to retract, for,
although sir, would be great deal hap
pier with your hearts blood, the retraction
will do me Just rs well and you need not
humiliate yourself in writing it. l do
not ask you, sir, to grovel. You can write
a retraciion which will not compromise
you at all and yet one that will give ms
much pleasure.
In the meantime, sir, / shall remain at
the above address, awaiting your decision,
and whatever it may be, sir, l beg to re-
main your most obedient antagonist and
vell-wisber, WILLIAM De NYE,
Formerly Duke of Sweetwater County and
Referee during the Modoc War.
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STRAINED RELATIONS.
Extreme Gravity of the situation Between
France and Germany.

BERLIN, August 6-[Copyright 1887, by
the New York Associated Press -
The French manifestations of sympathy
have been treated with silent contempt,
excepting the infamous insinuations of
portion Of the French press that Katkoff's
illness was fastened toward fatal ter
mlnation by poison. The papers ignore
the published results OF the autopsy, show
ing that death was due to cgncerous
growths in the stomach and lungs.
The French papers published bogus
dispatches, alleging that the Russian
editors illness arose from poison
administered q long time ago by German
SCENTS. The Post to night expresses its
disgust at this journalistic baseness, and
says that large number of French news
papers in commenting OF M. Katkot'
death made imputations, representing the
leaders of the German policy ss profess
sional PRISONERS and murderers. Not one
voice, the Post says, has been raised in the
whole of France to protest against the mo-
raj deprevsty their aspersiops betray. This
bears les timony to the terrorism exercised
by the anti-German party, the
extent and nature OF which
cannot long be overlooked by
the German government. The tone OF
the Post only mildly indicates the tension
of the relations with France. The bitter
ness OF popular feeling Is aggravated unoer
fresh instances of German batting. The
last of this kind. which is especially ex
citing anger is the closing of factory for
the manufacture of German toys, belong
ing to the brothers Welrsbach and situated
at Undermine in the Department
of Moselle. The factory was closed
by order of Project Schnerb,
who played a prominent part
in the Schneeble affair. The workmen
were given only three days notice of their
expulsion.
1t is reported that the delay in Prince
Bismarck's departure for Kissipgen is due
solely to the gravity of the situation with
France. The chancellor is making the
Weissbach affair the subject of diplomatic
communications, tending to bring French
provocations to critical stage.
The Paris advices Blaming the German
government for similar action in expelling
French railway officials employed at
Avericourt station misrepresent the facts.
Those men while employed at a French
station, live on the German side of the
frontier, thus eluding social duties for per.
sonal purposes. The authorities ordered
them to reside within their own frontier,
and gave the married men three months
and the single men one month to leave.
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STANDING DISGRACES
The Bad Conditions of Many Of tbs County
JaiIs and PourhSuaes.
A Sanitary Report Submitted to the State
Board of Health, Exposing Evils
at Various Places.

The regular quarterly meeting of the
State Board of Health was held in the
Secretary's Office yesterday. All of the
members were present. The report of the
Laporte County health officers, who state
that the sewer leading from the Northern
Prison was so filthy that it is causing
great deal of sickness among
the people there was first considered. The
beard promptly ordered the place con-
demned and authorized Secretary Metcalf
to notify the Prison Directors to remedy
the trouble at once.
The report of DR.. Fritsch, of Evansville,
who has been making sanitary survey of
several Counties YVES next received. He
found number of County jails and Door-
houses in disgraceful condition. In Law
renee and DavIess County he says the jails
and pcorhouses are not adequate to
meet the demands of the inmates. He
also found that in many counties no at
tempt was being made to educate the
chi dren at the poor houses, and in conse-
queDce they were growing up worthless,
when intelligent and law abiding citizens
could be made IF them if little attention
were given 10 their mental training. DIR.
Fritsch is of the opinion that the state su-
peTlntendent and county school superin-
tendents should take this matter in charge
and see to i that different
In Spencer County the children
are obliged to room and sleep with older
donates of the poor house, many of whom
are afflicted with loathsome diseases. at
the Lawrence County poor farm the condi-
tIon Is very similar and in some respects
worse. Here many of the male inmates
are hired out to farmers at 81 70, and they
are treated much like slaves. The poor
house keeper, besides collecting the pay
for their services, also collects from the
County the regular pay for keeping them.
AT Bedford the jail was found to have un-
lighted cells, and adjoining them was a
vault that gave forth such stencil that
the doctor could not stay there for even a
moment. The Perry County jail is in bad
condition and poorly arranged, but on &C.
count of defaulung treasurers the county
is too poor 20 build another, as its bonds
are nos worth to exceed ten cents
on the dollar. The Spencer County
jail is new and good, but the
pooT-house is unit for beasts. The
penal and benevolent institutions of other
counties were found 10 be in an unsatis-
factory condition, but not SO Dad as at the
places mentioned.
DR.. TAYLOR reported the Jail and po)r
house OF VigO County t. be IN excellent
shape, but The same institutions in Clay
County are Over-ero wded, poorly ven Hated
and in general b I'D condition.
The Board will proceed to take steps to
condemn all publlc buildings not kept in a
reasonable healtbful condition. After con-
idtrisg some routine business the B JaId
adjourned 10 meet on the call of the Sec
reLdrY.